Veterans Day Activities at Full Sail

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November 11 is Veterans Day. With about 2,000 students attending Full Sail through veterans benefit programs, the university is celebrating veterans all day with a variety of patriotic, musical, artistic, and educational events. All students and staff members are invited.

9:00 a.m. : Flag-Raising Ceremony, Breezeway between FS2 and FS3

The Alliance of Full Sail Veterans and the Student Community Association is hosting a flag raising ceremony with university and community guest speakers, including Full Sail President Garry Jones. There will also be a reading by spoken word artist, student, and veteran, Pedro “Pac Man” Lopez and musical entertainment by Course Director Greg Garray and Recording Arts student, Lena Proctor.

10 a.m.: Guest Speaker Event, FS3B Auditorium

Full Sail students and staff are invited to attend a presentation featuring guest speakers from Full Sail and several community organizations, including the Alliance of Full Sail Veterans, Operation Giveback, the Orlando VA Medical Center, and Welcome Home Vets, Inc. Game Development grad and veteran Patrick Diggin will also speak at the event.

10 a.m. – 2 p.m. : Veterans Day Fair, FS3B Lobby

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., please stroll by the Veterans Fair and meet representatives from a slew of organizations, including the Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, AMVET, Wounded Warriors, Operation Giveback, Marine Corps League, Military Order of Purple Heart, National Vietnam Veterans Museum, Orlando City Soccer, and I-Ride. There will also be local vendors (LA Fitness, Jeremiah’s Italian Ice, Wing House, Red Bull, and more) offering giveaways and refreshments.

Veterans Day Art Gallery, FS2 Art Gallery

The Student Community Association has also put together a Veterans Day Art Gallery showcasing original artwork (pictures, drawings, paintings, digital art, sculptures, videos) by students and staff members. The Veterans Day artwork will be shown in the art gallery of FS2 prior to the event and will also show at the Veterans Day Fair. The gallery includes works by Full Sail graduate Frank Gross, in his memory.

Recognition on the FSNet BARCO Wall

Full Sail will also recognize all active duty and veteran students and staff members on the ticker of the BARCO wall, which will be displayed throughout Veterans Day.

“You can put any number of veterans together – it can be two to five to ten, and instantly they start throwing around their experiences, their rank, where they were stationed, their branch of service, and it’s real interesting to see the dynamics of how they communicate with each other right away,” says Full Sail’s Senior VA Advisor Rob Henlon. “Being able to have that community here at Full Sail, which has its own unique community, I thought was very important, especially with the growth of veterans and active duty service members at Full Sail.”